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The MRC's decision to stop funding research units is biting Four out of five units at the University of Cambridge will run out of funding by 2027, and staff at risk of redundancty are considering action, @isaacbarbosa1.bsky.social reports An insider said Cambridge is in "an awful position"

Early Jan is usually pretty slow for news (Trump notwithstanding) but RPN reporters have started 2026 with some great stories Today, @francesjones.bsky.social reports on researchers given access to UKRI funding applications to see if AI could help speed up grant review 1/

Last Friday, @isaacbarbosa1.bsky.social published an interview with Timothy Clement-Jones, in which the Lib Dem peer said that universities must be allowed to continue “moonshot” research despite policymakers’ moves to steer public R&D funding towards government priorities 4/4

🚨BREAKING🚨 REF 2029: Research culture metric overhauled (and weighting reduced). Research Excellence Framework reworked “to reduce burden”, with elements of 2021 exercise reinstated. All the headlines as the three-month pause ends. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Our reporter @isaacbarbosa1.bsky.social went to the British Library and found staff at the picket line pessimistic about the recovery of library services after the 2023 cyberattack "Things just aren’t improving", said the PCS union branch chair Meanwhile, management have upped their pay offer